Grasping language--a short story on embodiment.
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Grasping language--a short story on embodiment. / Jirak, Doreen; Menz, Mareike; Buccino, Giovanni; Borghi, Anna M; Binkofski, Ferdinand.
In: CONSCIOUS COGN, Vol. 19, No. 3, 3, 2010, p. 711-720.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Grasping language--a short story on embodiment.
AU - Jirak, Doreen
AU - Menz, Mareike
AU - Buccino, Giovanni
AU - Borghi, Anna M
AU - Binkofski, Ferdinand
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The new concept of embodied cognition theories has been enthusiastically studied by the cognitive sciences, by as well as such disparate disciplines as philosophy, anthropology, neuroscience, and robotics. Embodiment theory provides the framework for ongoing discussions on the linkage between "low" cognitive processes as perception and "high" cognition as language processing and comprehension, respectively. This review gives an overview along the lines of argumentation in the ongoing debate on the embodiment of language and employs an ALE meta-analysis to illustrate and weigh previous findings.The collected evidence on the somatotopic activation of motor areas, abstract and concrete word processing, as well as from reported patient and timing studies emphasizes the important role of sensorimotor areas in language processing and supports the hypothesis that the motor system is activated during language comprehension.
AB - The new concept of embodied cognition theories has been enthusiastically studied by the cognitive sciences, by as well as such disparate disciplines as philosophy, anthropology, neuroscience, and robotics. Embodiment theory provides the framework for ongoing discussions on the linkage between "low" cognitive processes as perception and "high" cognition as language processing and comprehension, respectively. This review gives an overview along the lines of argumentation in the ongoing debate on the embodiment of language and employs an ALE meta-analysis to illustrate and weigh previous findings.The collected evidence on the somatotopic activation of motor areas, abstract and concrete word processing, as well as from reported patient and timing studies emphasizes the important role of sensorimotor areas in language processing and supports the hypothesis that the motor system is activated during language comprehension.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 19
SP - 711
EP - 720
JO - CONSCIOUS COGN
JF - CONSCIOUS COGN
SN - 1053-8100
IS - 3
M1 - 3
ER -
